An attorney says a handyman has been arrested in the investigation of the murder of a suburban Detroit woman who was found strangled in her car five weeks ago.

Susan Reed says Joe Gentz' arrest Friday is related to the Jane Bashara investigation. Reed says she had no other details about her client because she hadn't seen the warrant.

The Wayne County prosecutor's office says only that the case is under investigation.

The body of the 56-year-old victim was found Jan. 25 in her sport utility vehicle in a Detroit alley. Bashara's husband, Robert Bashara, was quickly identified by police as a person of interest but he denies any involvement in his wife's death.